I recently started a thread about the Lincoln/Kennedy assassination coincidences, one of which stated that both John Wilkes Booth and Lee Harvey Oswald were both known by their three names. I would not be surprised if that was true of John Wilkes Booth given that he was a well-known actor, but I seriously doubt that prior to 11/22/1963, anybody referred to Oswald as "Lee Harvey". It seems likely that he became known by his three names because the cops gave his full name to the news media as "Lee Harvey Oswald". I would bet up until then his friends and family just called him "Lee".